101 Mistakes
Photographers Should
Never Make: Lessons from
Professionals Who Know

karen dórame | amherst media | 128 pp.

Here’s a quirky approach to the
how-to book: the un-tutorial.

The author is a popular educatorwho’s assembled a collectionof photographic potholes, withthe hope of steering us aroundthem. The book is largely aimed at buddingprofessional shooters, identifying, howeverobliquely, some very real potential hiccupsin anyone’s career arc. Examples: Don’t workwithout signed contracts or releases, don’toverload your website with too many images,don’t mortgage the homestead to invest inequipment. Dórame covers matter-of-factissues like these along with potential mishapsin every other area of shooting, technical andcreative, from exposure to after-capture. It’squite instructive for the bright-eyed newbiesand wannabes of our profession, and forthose of us who’ve already committed a lot ofthe book’s selected blunders, it’s a walk downmemory lane.

price: $37.95

amherstmedia.com

The Enthusiast’s Guide
to Portraiture:

59 Photographic Principles
You Need to Know

jerod foster | rocky nook | 232 pp.

If you’re passionate andknowledgeable aboutphotography, you qualify as anenthusiast, and prolific RockyNook publishers have launcheda modular instructional series with you in mind.

It’s built around what they’re calling, “bite-size
photographic principles [that] don’t waste your
time [with] photography basics you already
know.” Among the debut titles in this series
(including guides to composition and multi-shot
techniques), Guide to Portraiture condenses
a wealth of information into 59 freestanding,
compartmentalized lessons, each devoted
to one component of the portrait-making
process—“the nose and cheek line,” “letting
color direct the eye,” “creating shot lists.” This
book’s as good a place as any to get familiar
with this promising how-to library.

price: $24.95

rockynook.com

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